§ MR. SMALLasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the Local Government Board in Ireland will permit returning officers at Poor Law elections to cause voting papers for non-resident voters to be sent to the houses of other persons without having received any instructions to that effect from the voters themselves, or even with such instructions; and, if in 865 the latter case only, then in what form should such instructions be given; whether non-resident voters should not attend at the office of the returning officer, there receive a voting paper, and fill up same in the presence of the officer; and, whether the Local Government Board will permit returning officers to cause such voting papers in considerable numbers to be left at the offices of political agents, or at Orange Lodges, to be there filled up by the persons in charge of these establishments?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANThe instructions of the Local Government Board are that voting papers for non-resident voters and proxies are to be delivered at the respective places appointed by them in the electoral division or ward. If any case is brought to the notice of the Board in which the Returning Officer deviated from his instructions in this respect, the Board will be prepared to take due notice of the matter.